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Showing Original Post only (View all)BREAKING: Trump threatens to DEPORT Robert De Niro in unhinged tirade after State of the Union. [View all]
whatever marbles trumpy had left in his pea brain, are now shattered!!
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BREAKING: Trump threatens to DEPORT Robert De Niro in unhinged tirade after State of the Union.
In a late-night meltdown that stunned even longtime observers, President Donald Trump launched a furious attack on Hollywood icon Robert De Niro and floated the idea of deporting him.
Yes. Deporting him. An American citizen.
After facing heckling during his State of the Union address, Trump took to Truth Social to unload on critics, lumping De Niro in with Democratic lawmakers Reps. Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib, and calling the Oscar-winning actor sick, demented, and seriously CRIMINAL. He then suggested De Niro and others should get on a boat and leave the country.
Lets pause there.
Robert De Niro born in Manhattan, raised in New York City, one of the most celebrated American actors of all time was just threatened with exile by a sitting president for criticizing him.
Trump mocked De Niro for becoming emotional and claimed some of the actors statements were seriously criminal, though he offered no evidence of any crime. Instead, the post read like a stream-of-consciousness rant, filled with insults, name-calling, and baseless accusations.
This wasnt policy. It wasnt debate. It was pure grievance politics.
And the target wasnt some anonymous online critic it was a Hollywood legend who has spent decades shaping American culture.
Trumps comments follow a familiar pattern: when challenged, escalate. When criticized, threaten. From attacking members of Congress to now fantasizing about deporting a U.S.-born actor, the rhetoric keeps getting darker.
Legal experts have long warned that labeling political criticism as criminal is a dangerous line to cross. Free speech doesnt disappear because it hurts the presidents feelings. But in Trumps world, dissent equals disloyalty.
The irony? De Niros crime appears to be publicly opposing Trumps policies.
Thats not criminal. Thats democracy.
And if speaking out against power now earns you a ticket on a boat, the question isnt what De Niro did wrong. Its how far this rhetoric is willing to go.
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BREAKING: Trump threatens to DEPORT Robert De Niro in unhinged tirade after State of the Union. [View all]
riversedge
Yesterday
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DeNiro should sue the heck out of TSF for this threat...and Bob should continue speaking out...
wcmagumba
23 hrs ago
#5
Don't forget his shitty mother too. How could the product of those two not be evil?
Ol Janx Spirit
7 hrs ago
#62
Then they all need to make sure to start the headline with "Unhinged President Trump......"
mdbl
21 hrs ago
#36
Wht isnt DonOLD Rump, the garbage toddler being deported to where his father or mother born ????
Trueblue1968
21 hrs ago
#34
Not that it matters, but De Niro's family has been Americans longer than The Dotard.
RockRaven
23 hrs ago
#9
Remember that the Trump grandfather was stripped of his Bavarian citizenship.
Old Terp
23 hrs ago
#15
Trump fires off crazed rant threatening to deport Hollywood legend: 'Seriously criminal'
LetMyPeopleVote
21 hrs ago
#35
Just keep talking Donny the Trump Train is gonna hop right back onto the tracks.
Botany
21 hrs ago
#40
That's my question..deport him where and why? How do you deport someone who was born here?
Deuxcents
19 hrs ago
#52
His handlers gave him an extra dose of uppers to get him through his 2 hour tirade so...
llmart
21 hrs ago
#44
Is he still trying to deport Prince Harry, and revoke Rosie O'Donnell's citizenship?
Boomerproud
8 hrs ago
#59
Threatening a beloved actor is not a good way to make your approval ratings go up.
milestogo
8 hrs ago
#60